Chalk up another game to miss Xbox One release day. This time around it is Peggle 2 that has slipped and will not make Xbox One launch day as expected. Instead PopCap is saying that the game will arrive for purchase on Xbox Live in a few weeks at some point in December. (No date was announced by PopCap.)

While the game was announced and expected to be available for purchase on launch day of the Xbox One, PopCap has not given any reason for the slip. Peggle 2 is now being called a “launch timeframe title” as it will arrive a few weeks later.

PopCap is expecting that they will be able to announce the official release date for Peggle 2 in December at some point in the next couple of weeks. Still the delay isn’t good news for the Xbox One which has seen a number of launch day titles slip with most of them not arriving till next year. At least right now PopCap thinks that Peggle 2 will arrive yet this year for the Xbox One which is good news for those buying a Xbox One.

What might PopCap be up to? The developer is apparently looking for a generalist software engineer with Frostbite 2 engine experience to work on a AAA console title. What? PopCap is planning on developing a triple A console title with the Frostbite 2 engine? Well, we have no idea what this might be, and no one is talking, but it has a lot of people scratching their heads.

While we have heard rumors of PopCap wanting to expand into something more than the casual games that it is famous for, this has always seemed a bit of a dream. With EA in the picture and having access to the versatile Frostbite 2 engine, it is anyone’s guess what PopCap might be up to or thinking about doing. This is one that we would surely like to see develop into something.

Well what did you expect? After all, mobile gaming is exactly that - mobile gaming, and the latest study showed just why some find it so appealing. Namely, a recent study looked at gaming habits in the U.K. and U.S. and found that mobile gaming gets quite popular in church, car and even the movies, which speaks volumes about Hollywood.

The study was conducted by Information Solutions Group research firm and released by PopCap Games. Interestingly enough, the study claims that half of mobile gamers tend to stick to their mobile devices for gaming even when at home.

Apparently, playing on the couch remains the most popular at 69 percent, while gaming in cars, busses and trains comes in close second at 63 percent. 57 percent said they play at home in bed while 55 percent do it while waiting for appointments. 41 percent does it while watching TV.

As many as 10 percent of mobile gamers threw some frustrated birds around while sitting in a house of worship, while driving and in movies. Amen to that then.

We have been hearing whispers for some time that developer PopCap would undertake the process of floating an initial public offering (IPO) in the near future. It looks like the future is coming sooner than we expected, with word that the IPO will be launched in November.

While there have been discussions with both the New York and NASDAQ exchanges, our sources say that in the end PopCap will be on the NASDAQ exchange. The additional funding would be used to grow the company and do some things that they could not do without it.

Originally, it was thought that PopCap might say independent, but now that seems unlikely. PopCap has been one of the leaders in the casual gaming space with a variety of titles on just about every platform that you can think of. Rumors of a possible IPO have been circulating since December of last year.

PopCap Games continues to be one of the most successful publishers and developers of casual games out there, so much so that CEO Dave Roberts admits that the company will be examining the possibility of going public during 2011.

The company has apparently been waiting for the right time to launch an IPO and go public. The company apparently doesn’t have any investors that are pushing the company to go public, but at the same time it could be a big payoff for those at the company should the company go public.

PopCap employs over 400 people and generated over $100 million in revenue this year alone; and the company is said to have sold over 50 million units to date. The company has been home to a number of successful casual gaming titles, including Plants vs. Zombies and the Bejeweled franchise, which is available for just about every recent platform on the planet and has just released its third game in the franchise.

The news that Roberts is looking at an IPO might not really come as much of a surprise, as the company appointed Steve Raymund, a specialist launching such moves.